Field diary·DII:3b·1928–1929

Vouni, Korakas and the palaceAlfred Westholm

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Handwritten in Swedish. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 67 of field diary DII:3b (Vouni, Korakas and the palace), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:3b, Public domain (CC0).

Unnumbered pageScan 67 of 165

A relatively well-preserved skeleton framis being prepared lying supine with the head in the left corner, extending itself towards the centre of the tomb. Down to the skeleton, finds are encountered at the said level or slightly above.

Lamp of Roman type (byz)length10 cm10.
Bronze coin (11)11 1.65
Remains of a glass vesselpak12 diam. c. 6.5

After this late Roman layer, which evidently constitutes a later burial in the partly earth-filled tomb, had been removed, the left half of the tomb was dug deeper. In the course of this the following vessels were found, whose depths and positions are shown by the figures on the plan:

Alabaster aryballosheightpak13 Frag. 5.8
Lamplength12 cm14 12.0
Lid with bird headpak15 h. 7.5 d. 8.0
Painted jugheight12 "16 12.0
Bowldiampak17
Plain jugheight18 cm18 18.0

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain